Disappointing decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:50AM

In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the University of Texas’s use of race in its admissions process does not violate the Constitution. Justice Kennedy wrote the Court’s opinion. The decision is what you’d expect from an opinion upholding the university’s race-based admissions plan — deferential and uncritical.